Weekend press highlights: 3 April 2023
Stories on managing bill hikes and navigating tax rules were plentiful across the weekend's money sections, writes Headlinemoney's Claire Beard. Elsewhere, there was concern over reported failures at the financial ombudsman and warnings of property investors facing huge costs to meet the Government’s green targets.
Financial Times
Recent bank rescues a ‘game changer’ for financial regulators, City bosses say
Senior finance figures predict the crisis will force a re-examination of deposits, culture and global co-operation, warns Laura Noonan.
UK travellers face third day of holiday disruption at Dover
Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe reports hundreds of passengers on Sunday faced their third day of travel disruption at the Port of Dover, as ministers insisted that the delays crossing the Channel were not linked to the UK’s departure from the European Union.
Daily Telegraph & Sunday Telegraph
Seven ways you can beat Jeremy Hunt's income tax trap
Charlotte Gifford explains there are ways to drop a tax band and thwart the Chancellor's top rate cash grab.
New eco rules mean it will be 'cheaper for landlords to knock down homes than upgrade'
Ruby Hinchliffe reports landlords could find it cheaper to demolish properties and rebuild them instead of spending thousands of pounds on eco-upgrades to meet the Government’s green targets.
The Guardian
Budget airlines: which is the best – and what about the worst?
Rupert Jones and Jess Clark reveal which budget airlines offer the best customer experience, and which ones will have readers muttering “never again” as they stagger out of the airport.
NHS website crash prevents access to cheaper HRT in England
Andrew Gregory reports health officials have apologised after women were unable to get a certificate online to allow them to access cheaper hormone replacement therapy prescriptions.
The Times & Sunday Times
Get ready for a capital gains tax knockout
Capital gains tax allowances have long been used by wealthy savers to help them to keep money out of the hands of the taxman, writes Lily Russell-Jones, but will the party soon be over?
Why is it so hard to get justice when we are being ripped off?
The financial ombudsman has a huge backlog and is accused of failing to investigate thoroughly, writes Ali Hussain.
The Observer
‘This system does not work’: Why vulnerable energy customers face a battle just to get help
Alex Lawson covers claims from campaigners that vital priority services registers – energy firm’s own lists of at-risk households – are extremely hard to find.
Pacific trade deal is more useful to Joe Biden than it is to the UK’s economy
Hailed by Tory MPs as a Brexit benefit, CPTPP membership actually turns the UK into a willing pawn in Washington’s geopolitical game, writes Phillip Inman.
Mail on Sunday
20 Isa tips to make the most of your new £20k annual tax free allowance and grow a fortune
Rachel Rickard Straus covers 20 golden rules to help build the biggest possible nest egg and allow readers to make the most of their allowance.
I'm going for gold! As price hits record highs how can you buy it?
As rising interest in gold is pushing up price of precious metal to record highs, Toby Walne tracks down a glittering investment.
i
I was an estate agent for 15 years, here are 5 tricks buyers and sellers should know about
The i Team look into the industry’s best sales techniques to get homes off the market and some of the methods that are murkier than others.
Universal credit payment dates for Easter 2023: When benefits will be paid over this year’s bank holidays
As banks are shut over bank holidays, benefits will be processed differently over this period, warns Lucy Aplin.
The Sun
Saving Goals: Savvy savers squirrel money away for everyday costs amid cost-of-living crisis
Oliver Lewis reports savers are now squirrelling money aside for more smaller, everyday costs – including energy bills, birthday presents, and even their public transport expenses.
Food for Thought: Thousands of families to get £195 free cash for food – how to get it
Erin Waks explains homes struggling to buy food or pay bills can get support from their local council.
The Mirror
Everything that will rise from April - from energy bills to council tax and Universal Credit
Levi Winchester and Ruby Flanagan look into a full list of both confirmed and speculated rises.
Millions hit by broadband and mobile price hikes of up to 17.3% - how to cut costs
Millions of broadband and mobile customers are set to be hit by price hikes of up to 17.3% - but readers may be able to slash their bills now, suggests Levi Winchester.
The Express
Use your ‘nuclear option’ to sink Hunt's income and inheritance tax raid while you can
Harvey Jones explains how pensions can be used as a nuclear weapon, with the ability to shift huge chunks of wealth out of the taxman’s clutches, in a completely legal way.
Offset mortgage: 'Simple' way to help reduce term and pay off loan 'quicker'
Despite their reputation for seeming complicated, offset mortgages are actually quite "simple", reports Katie Elliott, and can help people pay off their loans much quicker.